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FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension

Physician's Weekly

WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Widaplik (telmisartan, amlodipine, and indapamide) for the treatment of hypertension in adults. “I am very excited and pleased to have Widaplik approved for the treatment of hypertension in the U.S. All rights reserved.

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DASH Diet for Diabetes With Low Sodium Reduces BP in Those With Diabetes

Physician's Weekly

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension for Diabetes (DASH4D) diet with lower sodium is tied to clinically meaningful blood pressure reduction in people with diabetes, according to a study published online June 9 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Pilla, M.D., All rights reserved.

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Proteomic Signatures Differentiate Aldosteronism Subtypes

Physician's Weekly

Blood-based protein signatures showed high accuracy in classifying forms of hypertension, supporting a shift toward precision diagnostics. As per the study published in June 2025 in the issue of Endocrine, Primary aldosteronism (PA) was known as a common yet underdiagnosed cause of hypertension (HT), with limited noninvasive diagnostic tools despite (..)

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Declining Uveitic Glaucoma Incidence and Subtype Risks

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Incidence and Prevalence of Glaucoma, Corticosteroid Response, and Ocular Hypertension in Uveitis and its Anatomical Subtypes,” published in the June 2025 issue of American Journal of Ophthalmology by Marshall et al. The highest rates of ocular hypertension (n=465; 17.9%, 95% CI 16.4-19.3%)

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Cardiac intermediary metabolism in heart failure: substrate use, signalling roles and therapeutic targets.

Physician's Weekly

The number of patients with heart failure is expected to rise sharply owing to ageing populations, poor dietary habits, unhealthy lifestyles and improved survival rates from conditions such as hypertension and myocardial infarction. Springer Nature Limited. first appeared on Physician's Weekly.

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Higher Dietary Calcium Intake May Up Risk of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Physician's Weekly

TUESDAY, June 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There is a significant positive association between dietary calcium intake and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a study published online May 30 in Translational Andrology and Urology. and those without hypertension. All rights reserved.

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Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives

Permanente Medicine

June 10, 2025) — Maria Ansari, MD, FACC , co-CEO of The Permanente Federation at Kaiser Permanente, has been named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives for 2025. Improving access in adult and family medicine at TPMG by reducing appointment booking times by more than 33%.

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